Wringer drain board



Jan. 10, 1928.

E. MISNER WRINGER DRAIN BOARD Filed Sept. 4, 1923 Patented use. 10, 1928..

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PATENT OFFICE.

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The invention relates to drain boards for wringers and more particularly to drain boards for -wringers' used upon portablewashing machines. I One of the objects of the invention is the board of simple conprovision of a dram struction and light weight which can be wringer frame to easily shifted upon the direct the water as it drops from the clothes 1 passing between the wringer rolls, to either side of the wringer frame. Another object is the provision of a drain 7 board which is mounted'upon' and guided by the tie connection between the upright members at the ends of the wringer frame, this tie connection further "limiting the movement of the drain board.

A further object is the provision of means upon the wringer framefor collecting and guiding the water as it drops from the clothes passing between the wringer rolls, to a comparatively narrow outlet opening above the drain board, this means being yieldable in the event that the clothes wrap around the lowerwringer roll.

With these as well as other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as more fully hereinafter set-forth.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wringer embodying my invention;

Figure2 is a cross section of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the drain board.

The wringer frame comprises the complementary sections 1v and 2 which together form the upright members 3, at the ends of the frame in which are journalled the upper and lower rolls 4: and 5 respectively, the upper roll being vertically movable toward and away from the lower roll. 6 and 7 are s aced parallel tie rods extending between t e lower ends of the upright members 3 and forming the tie connection therebetween.'

The drain board 8 is mounted upon and so guided by the tie rods 6 and 7 and furthermore its endwise movement transversely of the wringer frame is limited by these tie rods. As shown, the drain board proper has the downwardly and outwardly inclined Y on the line 2-2 .tions of the side flanges.

aprons9 and. 10 and the intermediate ridge 11. 12 and 13 are upwardly extendin flanges iat the side edges-of theraprons 9-an 10 respectively, these'side flanges terminating short of the ridge. 14 are plates'secured to thesideflanges 12 and 13 as by means of rivets, each plate being rovided with a longitudinally extending e ongatedopenin 15 located below the upper end portions 0 the aprons 9 and 10. 13 have their upper end portions ofiset inwardly a sufiicient distance so that the outer sides of theplates 14- are substantially'flush with the-outer sides of The tie rods 6 and 7 extend through the elongated openings 15 and the len h of these openings as well as the location of their ends is such that upon' longitudinal shifting of the drain board in either direction either the; one tie rod or the other will engage the corresponding ends of the elongated openings to limit the movement of the drain board so that its ridge will be to one side of the vertical plane through the axes of the wringer rolls.

In order to provide a drain board which The side flanges 12 and 2 the remaining'poris of simple construction and of light weight,

14 and also the drain the aprons 9 and 10 12 and 13 and the the side each of the lates board propermcluding with their side flanges ridge 11 are formed of stampings,

flanges 12 and 13 terminating short of the ridge-to permit the drain board proper to be formed by a stamping operation.

For the purpose of collecting and guiding the water as it drops from the clothes passing between the wringer rolls, to a comparatively narrow outlet drain board may have the minimum longitudinal adustment in either provided the pair of complementary wings 16, each wing having the depending curved portion 17 substantially concentric with the lower roll 5, the'outwardly and downwardly inclined apron 18 extending from the upper edge of the curved portion 17 and the pair ofarms 19 extending'upwardly from the side edges of the aprons and pivotally connected at 20 to the wringer frame.- The curved portions 17 extend below the lowerdirection, I have opening so that the wringer frame and the curved portions of the two wings form a comparatively narrow outlet opening 22 extending longitudinally below. the lower roll through which the water may pass after it has dropped from the clothes. By reason of this comparatively narrow outlet opening it is necessary'only to move the drain board longitudinally a sufiicientdistance to bring its ridge to either side of the opening to control the direction of flow of the water upon the drain board. Both the wings16 are also" wings for collecting and guiding the water.

as it drops from the clothes are retained in their normal positions by gravity and are free to move outwardly and away from the lower roll if the clothes wrap around the same. Still further it will be seen that my drain board will be automatically positioned upon passing clothes between the wringer rolls since the depending portions of the clothes will engage the apron over. which they are ascending and exert a force to move the drain board longitudinally. These clothes also upon descending upon the apron at the other side of the wringer frame and passing down thereover will exert a force tending to holdthedrain board in its ad- Justed position.

What I claim as my invention is: 1. The combination with a wringer frame and rolls journalledtherein, of spaced substantially parallel tie rods extending across said frame below said rolls, and'a drain board provided with an elongated opening through which said tie rods pass. said opening being elongated lon itudinally of said drain board and said dram board being longitudinally adjustable transversely of said frame.

2. The combination-with awringert frame anda pair of rolls journalled therein, of a pair of spaced substantially parallel tie rods extending across said frame below saidrolls, and a drainboard mounted-upon said tie rods, said drain board having downwardly and outwardly inclined aprons and an intermediate ridge and' being provided with longitudinally extending elongated openings below the upper end portions of said aprons, said tie rods extending through said openings and beingengageable with the ends thereof to limit the longitudinal movement of said drain board.

3. The combination with a wringer frame and rolls journalled therein, of a drain board slidably mounted upon said frame below said rolls, said drain board comprising 'a stamping having downwardly and outward ly inclined apronsand an intermediate ridge and also upwardly extending flanges at the sides of said aprons, said flanges being cut out at the center permitting the upbending of the ridge, said drain board also having a pair of stampings secured to said side flanges closing the cut-out portion of the flanges and provided with means below the upper end portions of said aprons for slidably engaging said frame.

4. The combination with a wringer frame and a pair of rolls journalled therein, of a pair of complementary wings pivotally mounted upon. opposite sides of said frame and provided with depending curved portions extending below said rolls and having their adjacent ends spaced from each other.

5. The combination with a wringer frame and a pair of rolls journalled therein, of a pair of complementary vwings pivotally mounted upon opposite sides of said frame, said wings having depending curved portions extending below said rolls and having their lower ends spaced from each other, said wings also having outwardly extending aprons engageable with the clothes passing between said rolls.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDGAR D. MISNER. 

